# Greatest American elimination game (game thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 10, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423 "2010-02-10T15:08:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/422 "2010-03-07T15:48:47Z")
Orville and Wilbur Wright John Marshall Roger Williams ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/423 "2010-03-08T00:28:54Z")
The standings as I have them: Mark Twain 9 Roger Williams 8 Orville and Wilbur Wright 6 James Madison 5 Earl Warren 5 Susan B. Anthony 5 John Marshall 4 Thomas Edison 2 Benjamin Franklin 1 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/424 "2010-03-08T04:40:26Z")
Thanks. The three top vote-getters will be eliminated after noon EST tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/425 "2010-03-08T10:44:06Z")
James Madison Earl Warren John Marshall ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/426 "2010-03-08T13:46:53Z")
From my selections of the last round, the two Chief Justices of the United States are left. I also named Frederick Douglass, but he’s obviously going to survive this triple elimination, so I’ll vote for “[The Bishop’s Boys](http://www.amazon.com/Bishops-Boys-Wilbur-Orville-Wright/dp/039330695X)” in an attempt to save Madison (and, to a lesser extent, Anthony) from the chopping block. Thus, my ballot features the following: Earl Warren John Marshall Orville and Wilbur Wright ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/427 "2010-03-08T14:52:19Z")
Morning standings update: Mark Twain 9 Roger Williams 8 Orville and Wilbur Wright 7 Earl Warren 7 James Madison 6 John Marshall 6 Susan B. Anthony 5 Thomas Edison 2 Benjamin Franklin 1 ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/428 "2010-03-08T16:06:19Z")
Earl Warren James Madison John Marshall ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/429 "2010-03-08T17:36:10Z")
Final standings: Mark Twain 9 Roger Williams 8 Earl Warren 8 Orville and Wilbur Wright 7 James Madison 7 John Marshall 7 Susan B. Anthony 5 Thomas Edison 2 Benjamin Franklin 1 (Apologies for confusing formatting in the previous update - I was thinking of five eliminees rather than 3). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/430 "2010-03-08T18:50:06Z")
Boy those Wrights really are tenacious. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/431 "2010-03-08T19:11:52Z")
By my reckoning, this is who’s left: Susan B. Anthony: Suffrage activist Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist, orator Thomas Edison: Inventor, workaholic Benjamin Franklin: Scientist, statesman, inventor Martin Luther King Jr.: Preacher, orator, humanitarian Abraham Lincoln: President, emancipator, writer James Madison: President, Framer, statesman John Marshall: Fourth Chief Justice Franklin D. Roosevelt: President, reformer, statesman Theodore Roosevelt: President, conservationist, statesman George Washington: President, general, statesman Orville and Wilbur Wright: Aviation pioneers, inventors ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/432 "2010-03-08T19:12:52Z")
…although I’ll refrain from casting my next round’s vote until I’m sure we’re supposed to vote for 3 again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/433 "2010-03-08T21:36:39Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > By my reckoning, this is who’s left… Oll Korrect, thanks. Same rules for the next round, which will conclude at noon EST on Weds. March 10. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/434 "2010-03-08T21:39:16Z")
Thomas Edison Franklin D. Roosevelt (He seemed to need a vote) Orville and Wilbur Wright ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/435 "2010-03-08T21:42:15Z")
James Madison Orville and Wilbur Wright John Marshall First two were easy (relatively); third represents the first of the top 10 to be removed for me. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/436 "2010-03-08T22:05:57Z")
John Marshall James Madison Martin Luther King, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/437 "2010-03-08T22:35:28Z")
Orville and Wilbur Wright John Marshall Thomas Edison ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/438 "2010-03-08T22:38:29Z")
Susan B. Anthony Frederick Douglass James Madison ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/439 "2010-03-08T22:40:49Z")
Susan B. Anthony Frederick Douglass James Madison ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/440 "2010-03-08T22:53:34Z")
Frederick Douglass James Madison John Marshall ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/441 "2010-03-08T23:35:56Z")
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